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...reasons for the discomfort in Western Europe are complicated. One aspect is economic: there is concern about the technological gap that has opened up between the U.S. and Japan on the one hand and the old Continent on the other, mainly in such fields as microprocessors, information technologies and bioengineering. Linked to that imbalance is a lingering worry over slow growth and high unemployment. Another reason for the sense of drift is demographic. The 60% of Europeans born since V-E day tend to dwell less on the horrors of World War II than on a U.S.-Soviet rivalry that...
...adjustments for their weaknesses. From Kennedy's fatalism bubbled bursts of great humor, based on the realization that man was often absurd and there was only so much he could do during any working day to repair the damage. Ike often used his wisdom and warmth to fill the gap left by waning physical vigor...
...least reason to exist: Bangalore. India's software companies and call centers, after all, have a huge head start on China. Yet last week, Azim Premji, the chairman of Wipro, one of India's biggest tech companies, warned that the Chinese could start to close this gap in the outsourcing sector once they have mastered English...
Once in the lead, the Crimson continued to widen the gap against both boats...
Consecutive bunt singles in the sixth by Vance and Brown loaded the bases and, after a bases-loaded walk to Harvard pinch hitter Frank Herrmann scored the go-ahead run for the Crimson, Princeton pitcher Steven Miller yielded a gap double to junior Lance Salsgiver. Harvard exited the inning with a 9-5 lead but had picked up a tip on bunting against a wobbly Princeton infield...